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The group that was supposed to make palm oil sustainable just disappeared

2016-06-30 23:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Grist: The skyrocketing global demand for palm oil is devastating forests in Southeast Asia, and now a group that was created to stop the destruction has been cut down, too - razed by political forces that opposed the push to end deforestation. But all is not as dark as it might look. Palm oil is everywhere: its in most processed foods, not to mention shampoos, soaps, and cosmetics. The Indonesia Palm Oil Pledge, or IPOP, was created at the 2014 United Nations Climate Summit as a means to allow sustainable-minded...

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